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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-01
FIREMEN KEPT ON THE RUN.
A Dwelling House Burned and Three
Tenements Damaged.

The firenen bad lively day Of it yester-
day. Between 1 and O'Clock in the morn
ing fire broke out in a small one-story frame
tenement on the south side of Goodwin's lane
east OF the Anderson street crossing of the
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway.
The light was seen by the hremen On duty
at No. engine house BY the time they
reached the Anderson street crossing the
building was about consumed. 1t was out
of reach of water and no assistance could be
rendered by the department The house
was owned and occupied by Captain"
Coffee (colored), and was totally destroyed
The loss is about 500. There was no inss
surance. The fire is supposed to have been
Of incendiary origin.
At $50 O'Clock a local alarm was sent to
No. ! engine house and was telephoned TO
headquarters Fire was discovered in the
| second story of frame dwelling on the
west side of Reynolds streets, north of
President. The fire was caused by dump
ing hot ashes in a box. The flames were
eXtinguished before gaining much Roadway
and the loss was light. The house is owned
by Mrs. Ellen Monahan and was occupied
by Fred Dixon.
! A few minutes after 12 o'clock All alarm
was turned in from box No. 30, at Wayne
and West Broad streets. The box was out
| OF order, and the irregular striking of the
| SOngS cOntu USED Cne Ifenlen, so Jlat III was
! sometime before the fire was located En-
CINE Company No. was the first to arrive.
! The fire was in frame house on the north
side of Berrien street. west Of jefferson.
| Sparks from burning chimney set fire to a
bundle of rags stuffed into a stove-pipe hole
near the roof, and the flames communicated
to the ceiling and then to the shingles. The
damage is slight and is fully covered by in
surance. The house is owned by W. Con
ners and is occupied by j. Wilkins colored)
Between ; and 6 o'clock last night the root
of frame house on Farm street, between
Pine and Orange, caught fire from flying
sparks and burned through. The fame,
were extinguished before gaining headway
and the damage is slight.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-01
Fire Department Notes.

The new engine being built at the La
France works Elmira, n. Y, to take the
place of engine No. 1, is expected to be
ready for service by July l.
The new wide tire wheels and heavy axles
for No. engine have arrived from the LIE
France works. The company furnished
them to the department without cogU, the
old wheels and axles being too light for the
high crossings and rough streets here.
The hook and ladder truck, which has
been undergoing repairs for some time, was
replaced III service last light with its new
| equipment of ladders hooks, etc, furnished
by the LaFrance Company. The old lad
ders, which were tltdly burned and broken
up, will be repaired and placed on wagon
and viii be kew at No. 4 engine house as a
reserve unit new truck is built.
| A new supply and patrol wagon, built at
| O'Connlr's shops for the fire department
was tested yesterday by Chief Fernandez
| II is Quilt after the pattern of insurance and
~ Ice patrol wagons used in large cities,
| cad will be used to carry supplies and men
J to fires, and will also be used as an ambu-
lance wagon in cases of accident. The
wagon was thoroughly tested before being
painted to see that everything about it is
complete.
Miss Jennie Smith. superintendent of the
| railroad department of the Womans' Chris
| tian Temperance Union, and party of about
thirty ladies and gentlemen visited firemens'
headquarters yesterday. The visitors were
courteously received by Chief Fernandez,
and were shown the workings of the depart
ment The horses were brought out and
| the engines and truck delivered a short run
| Miss Smith made short address to the fire.
men, in which she pointed out the hardships
they have to endure and the risks they run
in protecting the property and often the
lives OF citizens. She paid high compl-
ment to the Savannah firemen, and said
| that the department is one of the best she
has visited
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-01
TIE FLOWER SHOW.
The Exhibition to Open at the Guards
Arnory on Wednesday.

The Savannah Floral and Art Associa-
TONS spring exhibition will open Wednes-
day afternoon at the Chatham Artillery's
arnory. Fridays wind storm injured the
outdoor plants no little. and the floral ex-
hibt will consequently not be quite so good
as was hoped for The art and fancy work
display however. promises to be exceptionl
ally good and will make up i'll large degree
for any shortcoming III the other depart
ment.
Had it not been for the cold snaps in
March, and in the early part of April, the
show would have been held fortnight ear
ler, when there was an abundance Of roses
and any floral display with plenty Of good
roses viii be success. A good display OF
potted plants is promised.
There seems to be a great deal Of interest
taken in the coming show. Some OF the
officers of the association attended
the exhibition in Charleston last week.
One of the gentlemen said yesterday
that the hall in which the Charleston society
held it's show was SO thronged with visitors
that it was hard matter to get around,
and the hall was large one too. There is
TO reason why Savannah should not
have just as good display and
attract just as many visitors" he added.
1.-THE railroads give special excursion rates
anu JtDpIS 70 lDn5 hL5IliiCco w uoVOit
Charleston's show. l have no doubt
it is worth 5000 or more
to the city every year. Strangers stay a
! day or two at the hotels and spend money
literally shopping. Savannah's society
ought to be equally as successful when it
gets little older All we want is to get the
lovers of flowers thoroughly interested.
We must try TO give shows that visitors
will willingly pay the price Of admission TO
see. There are enough gardens and green
houses in the city to always insure a
display that would fill the largest
han we could get. The growers,
amature and professional alike, should try
to make the exhibitions success, not only
from an aesthetic point of view, but also be-
cause they can be made a .'5cuniary benefit
to the city"
The work of covering the arnory yard,
in which the flowers will be displayed, VIII
be commenced tomorrow. The electric
light com any will illuminate the exhibit
tion gis. lnds and hall with the Westinghouse
inca.ldescent light, which the company is
! ':Itroducin9 in Savannah.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-01
TEMPER TEMP FEREslAs NNGGEE WORKERS.
SAVANNAH TO HAvETHE WoMENS
CONVENTION

Prominent Temperance People Who
will be in the City Next Week-Ar-
ranging TO Receive the Delegates
some of the Speakers-What Savan-
nah Ladies are Doing.
The State Convention of the Womens'
Christian Temperance Union of Georgia,
which viii be held in Savannah May 10, IL,
IL and 13, promises TO be one Of the largest
that the organization has ever held.
The ladies Of the Savannah branch of the
Union are actively at work arranging for
the reception and entertainment OF the dele
gates and for the public meetings and exer-
cises The business meetings will he held in
Masonic Hall On the night of the 18th,
the closing day of the Convention, Col.
George w. Balm, the slver-tongued Ken
lucky orator, will deliver an address at the
Theatre.
The Unions which have reported their
delegates to the local committee are as fol-
lows:
Augusta-Mrs. w. c. Sibley, Mrs. Mar
garet Chandler, Miss Minnie Smith, Mrs
Jack Fearey, Mrs. Julia Scales, Mrs. Jeffer-
son Thomas, Mrs d. H. Fullerton, Mrs. j.
b. Preston, Mrs E. B. Bridges, Mrs. George
Murphy, Mrs. Claiborne Snead, Mrs &.
Kimbrough, Mrs. John Tarver, Mrs. Jack
Smith, Miss NJ. E. Kinchley, Miss Kate
Rood, Miss Mamie Buckley, Miss Maly
Eve, Miss Cora L. Thomas.
Greshamyille--Mrs NJ A. Crawford, Miss
Lulu May.
Rome-Mrs. j. L. Camp, Mrs. j. l.. Rey-
nods.
Cave Spring.-Miss Emmie Stuart
Bainbridge-Mrs. p Fl. Crumpler and
Mrs. Emory Johnson.
Macon-Mrs Walter Hill, Mrs Emma J.
Lester, Mrs l. N Birch, Miss Harriet Free
man, Miss Carrie Butts.
Brunswck-MIs NJ c. Rowe
Thomasville-M Dr. Blanchard, Mrs.
pr. Banks, Mrs. H. Barfeld, Miss Carrie
Douglas.
C;eneva--Mis. j. E. Fuller.
Sandersville-Col G. r. Pringle, Mrs. B.
J. Tarbutton, Mrs. G. s. johnson, Mrs. f.
a. Brown.
Rutledge-Rfrs. V. V. Hanson
Waynesboro-Mrs. w A. Wilkins.
Greensboro Rev. and Mrs. w 7. Cald-
well.
Longview--Mrs Inez Gibson.
The delegates win be entertained at the
homes of citizens The President of the Sa-
vannah Union will be glad to receive offers
of entertainment from those who desire to
open their homes to the ladies.
In addition to the above list there are
Hnumber of Unions yet to report which will
make the number of delegates attending
considerably larger. Among the prominent
members OF the organization outside of
Georgia who are expected TO be present are
Mrs. sallie F. Chaplin, of Charleston, super
intendent of the Unions Southern work, and
three other prominent ladies of South
Carolina, Mrs F, A. Walter,
Mrs. Viola Neblett and Mrs NJ L. Grid
ley, Mrs. DR.. Bryce, Mrs. Judge Brooks,
Mrs. Col. G. Thomas, of Alabama; Mrs. NJ
j Wells, Mrs. J. S. Bryant, North Caro- :
ale, of Louisiana; Col George w. Bair :, of
Kentncky, and Mr.. and Mrs Beardsle of
Florida
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-01
From Hon. Joel A. Billups.

MADISON, GA, April 20, 1Ss7.-Mr. IT. A.
Peteet:: Dear Sir-Until about three months
ago l could not procure glasses that would
enable me to read at night without serious
discomfort l had tried pebbles and various
styles of glasses, but by reading for any
considerable length OF time, particularly at
night, my eyes were fatigued and gave me
pain. In January last, induced by testimo-
malls from friends in Macon, procured q
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sold by you, and have found them So clear,
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time, by day Or night, without experien-
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that extent, at least, my eyes have been
benefited, and at times / read both written
and printed matter without the aid OF
glasses They are certainly the most per-
feet glasses have ever used, and as such I
take pleasure in recommending them. Re
spectfully yours, J. A. BILLUPs.
All eyes fitted with these famous glasses at
the drug store Of Osceola Butler, Savannah,
Ga. Every pair warranted.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-01
Charleston Almost Shut Out.

New ORLEANS, April 30.-The press
jumped on to the team and the boys went
in and played great game to-day. They
got on TO Dronby with vengeance, knock
ing him completely ont, and making i
earned runs in the first inning
They made IS hits in four innings Nc
Laughlin finished the game, Hines covering
second base nicely Only six hits and one
run were made of Barney The locals
did some great base running and folded fine
ShortStop Fuller and Brennan carried off
the honors. Hoffman, who was picked up
here by Des Moines and who was knocked
out by New Orleans, pitched for the locals,
and did very well, only four clean
hits being made of his delivery
Wells gave him fine support behind the bat.
New Orleans to-day signed Ed Clark, of
Cincinnati. who pitched in the Southern
League last year, and several other players
whose names were not made public. Nc
Cleland, Rittenhouse and Richards were re-
leased.
Ine following is the summary of to-day's
game:
Base hits--New Orleans 10. Charleston g.
Stolen baseS--N New Orleans ~, Charleston 3.
Errors-New Orleans 4, Charleston 3.
The score by innings was:
New Orleans. o % DO
Runs earned--New Orleans {, Charleston 0.
Two-base huS-W. Fulder I.
Base on hit by pitcher BY Dronby 1, by Nc
Laughlin l.
Total bases ON hits--New Orleans 20. Charles
ton 6.
First base on eirors--New Orleans ., Charles
ton 3.
First base on called halls--New Orleans 8,
Charleston 3.
Left on haSes-New Orleans 10. Charleston T.
Struck out--By Hoffman 3, by Dronby 2, by
Mclaughlin g.
Passed Dails--Grsdy q Wells I.
Wild pitches by Mclaughlin +;
Balls calle6-Ou Hoffman 30, on Drondy IS,
on Mclaughlin 81.
Strikes callel--Of, Hoffman SO, Dronby "a,
Mclaughlin 81.
Double plays--W. Fuller, fteiss and Cartwright,
Williams Mclaughlin and Powell.
Umpire--Tony Suck.
Time of game > hours and 10 minutes
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-01
THROUGH THE CITY.
items Gathered Here and There by the
News Reportors.

The ladies of Sacrei Heart tcolored)
church viii hold festival on Tuesday at the
parish hall.
"A petition for the Incorporation of the Ogle-
*.srpe Club was fled in the Clerks Office of
s. Superior Govt yesterday.
sfhe City Court grand jury returned three
ne bills yesterday but they were withheld,
~ 55,oarties are not under arrest.
1ndeT tbsbois was sentenced by the Mayor
h,idga can, fifteen days imprisonment or
On Tuesday for cutting Laura Corse.
which affirmed 4eaths in the city last week,
below This win and 10 of colored The
straint, and the Conc for the week was 1916
probability. procee or colored.
the proposed bridgilbach, deputy clerk of
s Recently the sinary, issued 66 marriage
mills of Augltsipril. OF these, 25 were for
ttrrers' ASSOCIATE colored couples.
The presidents .rk, sailmaker, while haul
advance at pr, T'ybee beach yesterday was
Will vollIntan below the lest ankle by some
pay of their and the sinews of the leg were
as they fin'severed.
iacturln ectment suit of d. W. Mayer VS.
nsd"isl :. Hover was argued yesterday
ceiling on the law points and submitted to
odge Adams, the facts having been elimi-
mated and the jury dispensed with. Decision
was reserved.
Pat Grogan was brought up TO the city
yeStefdaN ON tne steam yacnb Edltn. he
was employed ON the Tybee railroad bridge
over St. Augustine creek. A heavy timber
fell on him breaking three of his ribs and
injuuing him severely in the back He was
taken to his home on East Broad street.
The Mother Superioress of the Sisters of
Mercy Convent at Liberty and Abercorn
streets, has recently received 81 900 city
of Savannah bond, with interest from May
j, 1886, from the estate of Andrew Low
The bond was turned over to the Female
Orphan Benevolent Society by the SUI
perioress. &.
At tomorrow nights meeting of TIE
Georgia Historical Society Gen. McT4aws
will deliver an address on the battle of
fredericksburg The address will deal
more especially with the death of Gen. Tom
Cobb, Of Georgia, who was killed i'll that
battle. AS a large attendance is expected
the meeting will be held in the library hall
instead of the society meeting down
stairs.
The children of the Episcopal Orphans
Home We're given picnic at Mr.. Grimbal's
place, Isle of Hope on Thursday. During the
afternoon three young ladies went out row
ing. One of them, Miss Lula Waite,
came very near being drowned. She was
sitting in the bow of the boat. All at once
she said: ~ feel so queer, take me back TO
the Shore and then tainted and fell over
the side of The boat. Miss Bateson who
was sitting next. caught her as she fell and
saved her life. Aside from this accident the
day was passed pleasantly
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-01
one Chance in a Lifetime.

The latest thing out in insurance invest
ments is the 1920 insurance investment
bonds of that staunch old company, the
Manhattan Life These bonds, which are
payable in ten years, insure a man for
twenty, at the end of which time he re-
ceives the full amount Of the bond, with &C
cumulated profits aggregating IL per
cent on the money invested. The company
guarantee that the bonds shall not be sub
ject TO forfeiture after three payments have
been made They contain neither suicide
nor intelnperance clauses, and after three
years payments the bonds are absolutely
incontestible. In short, they are as free
from technicalities as it is possible to make
them. The Manhattan Life aims to furnish
the very cheapest and most profitable form
of insurance compatible with safety An
interesting example, printed in another
column, of a bond issued at the age of %,
shows that the holder would make net
profit of a ,0il on the investment of 81 $50,
besides getting his life insured for the
whole twenty years. This looks good
enough for a reckless company 10 offer,
whereas as a matter of fact the Manhattan
Life is one of the solidest institutions
in the city, and backs up its bonds with as
sets aggregating over $ll 100000. The
company is too we'll known in Savannah to
make comment necessary. During its quar-
ter of century of business in this city il
has issued hundreds of policies, which re-
main in force, thereby testifying the salts
faction of the insurers. Mr. Henry Holfen-
stein, their agent, will be pleased TO explain
anything concerning the different plans
written by the company.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-01
RIVER AND HARBOR NEWS.
Gleanings Among the Shipping and
Along the WharVes.

Messrs A. r. Salas & Co cleared yester-
day the Norwegian bark Sestri for Riga
with 3, 100 barrels of rosin, weighing 1,425, =
845 pounds, valued at $500. Cargo by
Messis. S. p. Shooter & Co.
Chief Engineer John C. Daily, of the
revenue cutter McCulloch, has been relieved
from duty on the Charleston station and has
been assigned TO the revenue cutter johnson,
at Milwaukee. First Assistant Engineer
Edward G. Schwartz has arrived at Charles
ton from Baltimore and will relieve Engi-
neer Daily.
The steam yacht Climax, which has been
in port for several days, left yesterday for
Charleston, where she will be put aboard of
the schooner w. w. Converse, the vessel
which brought her out to Charleston, and
will be taken back to New York. Her
owner advertised her for sale here, but Sa-
vannah is apparently poor market for
such property.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-01
FUN WITH THE H0MECL
FOUR STRAIGHT GAMES LOST AT
MOBILE.

Savannah the Tail End of the League
New Orleans, Mobile and Nashville
the Winners of Yesterdays Games
Changes in the Home Nine-Pike,
McAdans and Macarthur Releeged
and Murray Resigned.
The home club received its fourth defeat
at Mobile yesterday, and is now the tail erd
of the league. The ~9sults Of the days
games were:
Savannah 8, Mobile IS
New Orleans 10, Charleston I.
Nashville IL, Memphis >,
The makeup of the home team will lie
considerably changed before the New Or
leans series is played this week. McAdams
and Pike have been released, and Macarthur
will be sent adrift in a day or two. Tommy
Murray has been signed to play thil d
base, and left last night to
join the club in New Orleans. Manager
Morton was anxious that Nichols should
join the club on its return here, but the
home management consider it unwise to go
much further with Che present team unless
it plays better ball than it has been playing
for the past week, and
tomorrow or Tuesdays game if he reaches
New Orleans in time The club will play
there tomorrow and Tuesday Wednesday
and Thursday, returning home in time to
open the season here on May with Charles
| ton.
Yesterdays game at Mobile was lost sim
ply because the Gulf City team played ball
and Savannah did not The result was not
at all surprising to those Of the clubs
hapkers who have hepn losing money ever
since the season opened and who are about
as anxious as anybody for a change.
The directors say that if the present team
cannot win they will put one in the field
that can, and that is what the Savannah
| base ball public wants to see done.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-01
X. NJ. N.

The Summer Goods at the Crockery
House OF James S. Silva 81 Son, 40
Broughton.
There is no reason why every good citizen
should not keep cool this summer The
above named firm have cool store where
they offer for sale the best MAKES of Ice
Cream Freezers, Water Coolers, Ice Picks,
etc.
II the hys bother you try the latest fly
fan. Picnic Baskets, the incest in the city,
and hammocks, the best and cheapest. are
for sale there. And one will find world of
trouble saved by use Of one of those little
Kerosene Stoves. All the little summer COM
forts can he found at this complete establish
ment Of James S. Silva a. Son.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-01
BUILDING IN APRIL.
Thirty-Seven Permits Issued by the
Clerk of Council.

Cl6ek OF COunC1l.
Thirty-seven building permits, principally
for dwelling houses, were issued from the
Clerk of Councils Office during April, as
follows:
Elizabeth Thompson, two-story house,
Hall street.
William Falconer ten dwelling houses,
West Boundary street.
A. F. Churchill, dwelling, Bolton street
lare.
solomon Cohen, six houses, Lincoln street.
Jane Albert, frame dwelling house, East
Broad street.
Daniel " al.hour, frame dwelling Gwin-
nett street.
G. NJ. D. Riley e o dwelling, Henry
street.
Mrs. Rosanna smith, two frame tene-
ments, Bay street.
NJ c. Metzgor, two frame tenements, Bay
street.
Patrick Burns, frame dwelling, Stewart
street.
John A. Lutz, frame dwelling, Henry
street.
H. S. oppenheimer, two frame dwellings,
Gwinnett street
Mrs. j. V. Hicks, two frame dwellings.
St. Thomas street.
Mrs NJ J. Strickland, frame tenement,
Wilson street lane.
Mrs Sarah Prudhomme, four frame dwell
ing houses, Duffy street lane.
D. B. Lester, frame house, Bolton street
lane
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-01
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-01
WALTER MCNEIL DEAD.
Savannah Loses One of It's Most Prom
Using Young Business Men.

ising Young Business Men.
Mr.. Walter Mcneil, one of the members
of the firm of Peacock. Hunt e. Co., died at
/ so o'clock yesterday afternoon of typhoid
fever. He had been sick but little more
than week, and his friends were greatly
shocked at his death, as they did not CON
slider him dangerously i'll. He was born in
Robson county, n. c., in 1870. When
quite young man he went to South Caro-
Ina, where he conducted a large milling and
turpentine business for ten or twelve years
In 1892 he removed to Worth county, Ga.
and engaged i'll the manufacture of naval
stores.
With his brother, Mr.. Lawrence McNeill,
he invested largely in land. His business
was very successful, and in 1888 he came to
Savannah and started commission house,
under the firm name of w. & L.. Mcneil
A year later he was admitted into the firm
of Peacock, Hunt & Co, the largest naval
stores factors in the city. He remained an
active member OF that firm until his death
He was the firms salesman, and assumed a
large share of the responsibility Of the bust
ness.
Although comparatively young man,
being i'll his 3Sth year, he had by careful
business management acquired a comfort
able fortune. He was Vice President of the
Board of Trade, and was highly esteemed by
all who knew him. No man was of more
strict integrity Physically he was quite a
large man, and his nature was genial and
kind. He had many warm friends in this
city, although he had resided here but
few years.
About two weeks ago he made trip to
North Carolina, and was taken sick very
shortly after his return. On Thursday he
was removed from the hotel at which he
was stopping to Mr.. T. H. McMillan's resi-
dence, on New Houston street. His friends
thought that hs was improving until shortly
before his death, when he WINS seized with a
CONFUSION and died in a few moments.
Mr.. Mcneil was a member of the First
Presbyterian church and unmarried
Mr.. j, w. Hunt will leave for North
Carolina with the remains this morning
The deceased's aged father and mother
arc still living.